Six road projects presented in Gorno-Badakhshan

According to the source, the first phase of the reconstruction of the Rushon-Warshez road from Dashti Shipad to Pastkhuf covers 82.2 km and forms part of the Dushanbe-Kulma-PRC border international transport corridor. The road will be built with financing from the Government of Tajikistan and foreign investment, while the selection of consultants and contractors for the Shipad-Pastkhuf section is under way.

The second phase runs from Pastkhuf village in Rushon district to Turbat village in Shughnon district and is 80 km long. The projects also include resurfacing of the Shokhon-Zigar section, the Rushon district centre and Khorog-Roshtqala. In total, 358 km of roads of international and republican importance in the cities and districts of Gorno-Badakhshan are due to be built, reconstructed and resurfaced in the coming years.

The report also says that modernisation of the Yazgulom valley road is continuing, with levelling and stone paving already completed to the last village of the valley. In addition, construction and reconstruction of 90 km of the Murghob-Kulma section and the Kulma-Karasu border crossing are expected to start soon within the China-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey-Europe multimodal route.